What You Need

1-1/2

cups
BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut, divided

4

drops
each blue and red food coloring

24

yellow cupcakes

2

cups
thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

24

red string licorice pieces (4 inch)

Make It

PLACE 1/2 cup coconut in each of 2 separate resealable plastic bags. Set remaining coconut aside. Add blue food coloring to coconut in one bag and red food coloring to coconut in second bag. Seal bags; shake until coconut is evenly tinted.

FROST cupcakes with COOL WHIP. Top with coconut, gently pressing coconut into COOL WHIP to secure.

Great recipe, I didn't use coconut..I used red/blue sprinkles on some and left some white. I also used regular vanilla frosting. Big hit!!

clsheffield

posted:

7/5/2010

The kids had a lot of fun making their firecracker cupcakes! Really light and delicious!

m01900

posted:

7/4/2010

These were awesome!

choxie09

posted:

2/5/2010

i am going to make these in blue and white for the super bowl game! My daughter will love helping me with these! Also may put blue food coloring in the cake batter and use cream cheese frosting instead of cool whip since i have that on hand. I will be using a white cake batter, also have on hand, and like other comment made I will probably use coconut only white frosting if use at all.

lilbritt_82

posted:

8/23/2009

These were a hit! Took them to a 4th of July party and everyone loved them. I only put the coconut in the white icing just in case someone didn't care for coconut. Other than that perfect recipe.

cutechef25

posted:

7/6/2009

I combined this recipe with poke cupcakes. Yummy!!!

britcook2

posted:

9/21/2007

Not a big fan of cocunut but this was very good.

queeny5

posted:

8/13/2007

This was very easy and festive made it for the 4th of july everyone loved it. fun fun fun

donnieandheidi

posted:

7/4/2007

These were very festive for the Fourth of July. I am not a huge coconut fan, but they were good and the coconut taste was not overpowering.